Mobile Knowledge Solution (MKS), an educational solutions provider, has launched a digital learning tool it boasts can help reduce poor performance by up to 30 per cent.
The device, called the Personal Education Tablet Secondary School (PETSS), is loaded with content to help candidates prepare for public examinations such as the Senior School Certificate Examination and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The tablet, which is similar to the Osun State’s Opon Imo that was distributed to senior secondary school pupils by the Rauf Aregbesola-led government last year, contains e-textbooks, video lessons, mock examinations references, past question papers and allows users access the internet.
Unveiling the device in Ikeja, Lagos, the Chief Operative Officer, MKS, Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf, said using PETSS, which is designed specifically for pupils in the secondary school taking various examinations, can make them perform better.
“We believe that this will help in the reduction of external examinations failure by 30 per cent and make the era of falling standard of education, which had become worrisome to stakeholders and concerned Nigerians a thing of the past” he said.
Yusuf said the product also boasts of an interactive platform to enable pupils interact with their teachers.
He said: “These days, classes, assignments are done online. It is possible to sit down in the comfort of office and bedroom and receive lecture at your convenience.”
He added that with the availability of digital tools, problems, such as inadequate resources, exponential growth in population, lack of good teachers and learning facilities, and lack of diligence on the part of teachers and students, confronting the education system would no longer pose any threat.
Yusuf said that the product has been approved by Lagos state government.
General Manager Marketing MKS, Mr Biyi Fashoyin said some other states have shown interest in the product.
“So far, a number of states including Zamfara, Jigawa and Kano had shown interest in partnering with us and with a view to solving their educational problem,” he said.
Also speaking, General Manager, Technology, Mr. Olusola Daranijo, said the laboratory video included in the device, were recorded locally to enable students connect easily.